Kota Kinabalu: Former Malaysian men's singles player Goh Soon Huat who has decided to try his luck in mixed doubles with Shevon Lai Jemie in October, showed encouraging potential at the 2016 Malaysia International Challenge when he and Shevon dismissed Yang Po-Hsuan/Wen Hao Yun of Taiwan to claim the mixed doubles title on their debut, winning 21-13, 21-17 in 25 minutes.

Hyderabad: It is going to be that much more difficult for the national men's badminton squad to qualify for the 2016 Thomas Cup finals, following their quarterfinal exit at the Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC).

They lost 2-3 to hosts India.

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin lets out a roar infront of Morten Frost after rallying from one set down to defeat Ajay Jayaram. (photo: GettyImages)

Kuala Lumpur: Badminton Asia has released the official draw for the 2016 Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC) which serves as the Asia qualifying tournament for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals to be held in Kunshan, China from May 15-22.

Macau: Goh Soon Huat became Malaysia's sole representative left in the Macau Open when he defeated Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 22-20 in the third round of Macau Open in 47 minutes on Thursday. Goh will play No. 15 seed B. Sai Praneeth on Friday.

Macau: Young Malaysian pair Low Juan Shen/Tan Kian Meng gave their team much to celebrate on Wednesday as they pulled off the biggest upset of the day to beat No. 1 seed Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan of China 21-19, 21-14 in men's doubles first round of Macau Open.

Danang: On Sunday, Malaysia's reserve shuttler Lim Chi Wing won the Vietnam International Series title through a hard-fought match over Taiwan’s Lu Chia-hung with 21-19, 11-21, 21-17 in 59 minutes. This is their second meetings in 2014, the 19 year-old Lim Chi Wing lost to Lu in the Vietnam International Challenge earlier this year.

Lim Chi Wing was promoted to the Malaysia national back-up squad last in 2013